Example sentences of "be up [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , they 're up the creek . ’
2 ‘ I think we 're up the creek . ’
3 ‘ We 're up the creek because we do n't know where to go from here . ’
4 ‘ We 're up the dale a bit .
5 HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column .
6 They are also thinking too much about what counts and when you do that you are up the creek , and at the moment Gloucester have not got a paddle
7 I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted .
8 He must have been up a tree .
9 I was up going on the ski slope , and this is like , I 've been up a couple of times before , but it had been really cold and bi and I went at Easter , I was so like hot , but it 's still really good snow , and we went up there and I just could n't believe it , I just went dad , erm , oh , I do n't feel too good , and he just went , do n't be so stupid , and Nathan and I collapsed , I was at the front of this queue waiting for the ski lift and the whole queue just went
10 Having been up a ladder , only I could see how easy it is , you could fall off a ladder as simply as anything .
11 But erm it 's quite hard if you 've been up a lot at night and then you have to go and do the whole of the next day of work , but fortunately our rotas are n't too bad so we 're never on two nights in a row compared with the hospital which was quite a lot harder work .
12 ‘ Luci Hayter looked as if she 'd been up every night for a week .
13 ‘ I just been up the school , ’ answered Nelly , undoing her coat .
14 MARRIAGES which involve a partner who has been married before are more likely to end in the divorce courts than ones between two people who have never before been up the aisle .
15 ‘ So you 've been up the barrow , ’ Jos said out of the blue , as he lined up on the final double .
16 You can always tell when the clippers have been up the back of the neck .
17 Have you not been up the ramp before ?
18 He will have learnt from Iacocca , pursued excellence , been up the organization and spent one minute as a manager .
19 No and what 's happened is , he 's been up the bank and er the thing has
20 very pretty and er , it looks as if she ought to have been up the disco having a dance , any way
21 I 've not been up the garden at the back but those on the front are .
22 I 've been up the bath .
23 No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago
24 It 's just been up the woman 's puss !
25 Been up the library .
26 after we 've been up the club
27 Peering through the cobwebs at the stable clock , Umberto realized he should have been up an hour ago .
28 As much as she loved Lizzy , and as much as she wanted to help her , without her job they would all be up a creek without a paddle .
29 Both Thins and Bargain Bookshops expected to be up a bit ahead of inflation , which was not good enough for David Flatman but ‘ a near miss ’ for Ainslie Thin .
30 Well , the market will probably be up a year from now , and if he holds shares in all the ex-state companies ( 36 , less two taken over ) his risks are tolerably spread , with worthy water companies balancing clouded bits of aerospace .
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